Roofing material and method of applying the same.



E. B. 001mm. ROOFING MATERIAL AND METHOD 0]? APPLYING THE SAME. APPLIOAT'IQN PI-LED AUG.21, 1911.

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. noorme MATERIAL misirnonor arrrrrne'run SAME.

To all whom it may concern;-

- Be'it; known that'Li-ED'WARD am, a citizen of the United States, residing at 1 Worcester, in the county of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have i11 vented a new-Land useful Improvement.

Y Roofing'Material and 'thej-Methodfof Ap.

plying the Same, of which thefdllowing a specification, accompanied by drawings; forming a part of the same.

My improvement relates to apy ofthe forms thereof inommonuse, usually'com sistingof thin strips of'fe'lt renderedwater- The improvement in proof by saturation withany of the agencies commonly used, such as tar, asphalt or oil.

The improvement in the roofing material consists of; stamping longitudinal parallel" grooves and ridges thereon, partiallycovering its surface to be-exposed with slate dust or 7 similar material and dividingit into. .piecesor. shingles of convenient size, and has for its .object to enable it to be easily folded.

and also to allow of an accurate alinement p the method ofapply-j' 'ing the roofing; material consists of layingthe shingles'by nailing them to the roof in I parallel. longitudinal rows with A broken 'joints, and folding the materialin such a manner that the heads 'of' the nails, which are preferably flattened, are protected from; the weather by-twothiclmesses of the material both on their'upper and lower sides, so

i that the rusting of the nails common in or dinary methodsof roofing avoided; V An additional advantage is that the fiexi bility and the folding of the materialallow of its expansion or contraction under-the illj fluence of moisture or heat. 7

A still further advantage is that oyoover i ing the portions of-the shingles to be Vexto be, bent in laying, V V

drawings, Figure 1 is 3;

posed with powdered slate, or .similar mate-. rial, the roof-when shingled has the appears.

, anceof a-slate roof without impairing flexibility of th os e" portions which require Referring to the view offa. strip of roofing material before it is divided-into shingles showingfthe grooves and ridge, Fig. 2 i's' an end view of. Fig. 1 on a larger. scale, is a 'verti cal, sectional view of "a, portion of a age;

Z-Lam of aroof showing theflmaterial applied by my method. I

lar parts in the different figures.

first prepared in along strip 1 of a convenlent 'wldth, for instance, sixteen inches,

grgoves 2" and 8 and a ridge 4 are stamped.

tween the gr0ove3 and its-edge 5 and over material. The strip thus prepared is then the width of the strip 1,.in the present 'lI1-" width, say ten inches, forming what I term -F shingles The method of applying'th'es'e lows: Along the lower edge of, the roof/7;

fface covered with slate dust uppermost,- as

'Iwhieh are applied as. shown by the broken j lines8 which are nailed to the roof, 7 with "direction" of the arrow' 10,- Fig. 3, on the line {of thejgroove 2 over the nails 9. The body ;of'the shingle 6is next bent on the groove 8 in the direction of thearrow 11, Fig. 3,

*and on one of its sides parallel, longitudinal cut transversely on the broken lines 6, form; mg rectangular. pieceswhose length equals -70 stance sixteen inches, and of any desirable ram i tLttei 1 -ten Patented June as, rare ep iicaiionazeaaui ust an on seriainamaoe'o.

" S' ilarreference characters refer to Sinai V Referring to the drawings, the materialis "The material is then; coveredon one side he 7 the-ridgel: with powdered slate or similar "shingles according'tomy invention is asifollfirst lay a continuousstripfi with the. sur- 1 ishownin Fig. 3. Theohject ofthisisto f avoid open jointsin-the' first row of shingles j the space; between the grooves 2 and 3 by Inails 9.. The shingles 6 are then bent inthe which completesthe laying of a single shinentire row is laid. The next row of shingles 'br eak-the joints ofthe precedingrow asfis Eplaeing the groove3upon the ridge 4 of f tight at the ridgebynailing over the ridge gpole a strip of the material, saddleboards, or anyof the ordinary means.

'I- claim, a .1. A roof covering comprising overlapping strips of flexible material, the. lower of a transverse ridge, and the upper of said {strips having on the face opposed to said roof. showing the. method of applying? the? material. Fig. 4 a planview of 91 P9 5 gle 6; This operation s continued until an 'twoadjacent strips having on its upper face is. laid inthe samemanner and so as to jcommon in shingling roofs, as shown in Fig. i fl, and vthe',:'1li1'1ement is accomplished by the first row of shingles. Infthis way the entire, roof is covered and'is made'weather {lower strip a transverse groove overlying :sani ridge, and attaching means passing material to theroof near one edg'e ofthe sheet, folding said edge over the attaching nails, and folding the bodf portion of the sheet over the folded edge.

3. The method of applying a flexible sheet of roofing material having parallel grooves or indentations near one of its edges, consisting in nailing the'fsheet to the roof between said grooves, folding the sheet on the 'line of the groove nearest its edge to cover the nails, and foldingthe sheet on the line of the'second of said grooves.

4. The method of applying a flexible sheet of roofing material having a .pair of'parallel grooves or indentations near one of its edges, and a rldge spaced from and parallel with the innermost of said grooves and upon the same side of the sheet, consisting in apply= ing the sheet to the roof with the grooves undermost, nailing through the space between said grooves, folding the sheet on the line of its outermost groove -to bring the edge of the sheet over the nails, folding the sheet over the nails on theline of its innermost groove,' .thereby bringing its ridge uppermost,- applying a similar superimposed sheet with its innermost groove on the ridge of the first sheet, and nailing and folding v 5 .said s'nperimposed sheet as above described.

, EDWARD B. COBURN. Witnesses: i

ENELOPE CoMBERBAoH, NELLm WHALEN. 

